CI: update release utility scripts

build_dist.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# bash strict mode
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+err() {
+  echo "$@" >&2
+}
+
+LAST=$(git tag --sort version:refname | grep -v rc | tail -1)
+
+echo "Building distribution for: $LAST"
+git checkout $LAST
+
+# superficial check that whats_new.rst has been updated
+if ! grep -q "$LAST" doc/source/whats_new.rst ; then
+  err "release notes not updated, exiting"
+  exit -1
+fi
+
+make cython
+
+read -p "Ok to continue (y/n)? " answer
+case ${answer:0:1} in
+    y|Y )
+        echo "Building distribution"
+        python setup.py clean
+        python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+        python setup.py sdist --formats=zip,gztar
+    ;;
+    * )
+        echo "Not building distribution"
+    ;;
+esac

continuous_integration/release_wheels.sh → continuous_integration/download_wheels.sh

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ do
     wheel_url="${RACKSPACE_URL}/${wheel_name}"
     curl -O $wheel_url
 done
-# upload to pypi
+# suggest upload to pypi
 cd ..
-twine upload --sign wheels/*.whl
+echo "wheels now need to be uploaded to PyPI using a command such as:"
+echo "twine upload --sign wheels/*.whl"